Newsom explains why he felt he had no choice. This comes on the heels of a dire prediction, experts explain the stunning worstcase scenario. Healthcare workers pleading for additional equipment, and facilities. How a Bay Area Hospital facing closure come will now play a key role in fighting the outbreak. Now at 11 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a stayathome order for all californians take affect. Good evening. Broadcasting tonight from hours of coverage from cbsn. The governors announcement came hours after he gave a troubling worstcase scenario. Saying more than half of the state could get infected if we dont take proper precautions. Similar restrictions are already in effect for more of the bay area. They will allow people to go outside and we are waiting for more details on which workers will be exempt from the order. Kpix 5 begins our Team Coverage with a medical experts reaction to the governors dire prediction. Reporter there may be some difference of opinion that the numbers are governor gavin newsom has released, but they agree on one thing. The virus is spreading in the community and californians need to prepare for the worse. Is time for all of us to recognize as individuals on the Community Come we need to do more to meet this moment. Reporter the order of a statewide shelter in place comes on the heels of this weather from President Donald Trump, requested federal resources. They say we project that roughly 56 of the population, 25. 5 Million People will be infected over an eight week timeframe. That number is for californians alone. The doctor was trying to figure out where the governor got those numbers. That may be a worstcase scenario. If i was the governor, trying to plan out what i would need, i would want to think about what the worstcase scenario might be. Reporter Health Experts are learning more about the virus daily. There are seven different kinds of coronavirus, four have been around for a long time, causing the common cold. All of them come from bats but covid19 has some unique characteristics. It lives mainly in the nose and throat and has a higher mentality rate, why doctors say the virus shouldnt be treated like chickenpox. You have one in 100 chance of not surviving that infection. Of course that risk is higher if you are in a high risk group, but do you really want to expose yourself to a 1 chance of dying from this virus . Reporter there is a possibility that unlike sars which went away after a few months, the coronavirus may return later this year. There are many antiviral studies underway to fight covid 19, and maldonado hopes the vaccine will be out in about a year. Until then, the best weapon against covid19 is isolation. We are trying to get those numbers to move a get the bend the curve which means the projection and no longer becomes a reality because we change our behavior. Reporter dr. Maldonado says a big portion of those affected will not show any symptoms, which is why there even more crucial for people to stay home so they dont unknowingly pass the virus on to others. The status taken Emergency Action to arrange for more hospital beds and ventilators. Tonight we learned and embattled Bay Area Hospital will play a role. Wilson walker is in daly city with the plan that will keep seton medicaceer, open for now. Reporter the fate of this hospital has been up in the year for some time now. Now we know it will not close, not in the near future. It has been enlisted in the fight against the coronavirus. There will be certain floors, that are going to be designated for those patients. Reporter the supervisor has decided to save the hospital and now it will be leased monthtomonth by the state of california to help carry the surge. Making sure that the area is contained and safe, is critical. Reporter they have 357 beds and california very much expects to need them, and more. Kamal we announce a hospital in southern california, that is 750 beds in the two hospitals combined. We start to stack this. Reporter california has 74,000 staffed hospital beds, the governor thinks we will need as many as 20,000 additional beds beyond that capacity. To achieve that, they are looking at 960 hotels around the state, these negotiations are underway at some of them. There are two hospitals, 1300 trailers, the possibility of temporary facilities at county fairgrounds and now college campuses. You see in the university system, we are working with the systems to identify appropriate dormitories. To help us with the surge. Reporter the Lease Agreement here 5 million for one month, 2. 7 million for each additional month after that. The next real task is making sure this facility and the staff, has the tools it will need, to do the task it has been asked to perform. San francisco is all but empty hotels may soon be full of exhausted healthcare workers. The Citys Department of Human Services is trying to procure rooms where they can rest and wash up and reduce the risk of spreading the virus. We dont want the healthcare workers who were on the front lines to go home and others, be infected in their communities and not be able to work. A Retirement Community in palo alto was taken new measures after two people there tested positive for coronavirus. They are now encouraging all people to remain in their apartments. All common areas are now closed. Retirement community is also closing to all outside visitors. It is unclear whether others living in working out come into contact with the infected individuals. The pandemic is providing many bay area inmates with a get out of jail free card. To prevent an outbreak behind bars, santa clara, San Francisco and alameda counties are all working beyond Early Release plans for mostly low level offenders, and others with Underlying Health problems. Nearly 250 inmates have been released from the jail in dublin alone. There were some that were typically we would not want to release but there were people who had been involved in some assaults and we were doing everything we can on the Public Safety side during times like this, tough decisions have to be made. There have not been any cases at the jail in santa rita but with a high tone over that could easily change. What a difference a week makes can we went back to visit the Grocery Store in neighborhood tonight, shelves were looking normal again after last weeks panic buying. The Neighborhood Market had plenty of produce another food available. Check out how empty this door was a week ago. Shelves were bare and cleared shelves. People are giving people a lot of room in the store. We are trying to figure out more efficient ways to serve safely but we have cut some of the Services Like we wont be doing sandwiches this week. We will pick up again on monday maybe for curbside only. A similar scene in San Franciscos Inner Richmond de smet. Shelves were looking pretty full tonight. The store had plenty of red, cheese and produce and snacks. Thousands of students rely on schools for two meals a day. The district and county food bank are making sure the kids dont go hungry while classes are out. Today volunteers at Garfield Elementary handed out two breakfast and two lunches along with the bag of groceries. On monday, they had 4000 meals headed out for 800 families. Bay Area School District or handing out meals can we have a map showing the locations on the schedules on kpix. Com. Clinical trials are underway on a pair of drugs that doctors hope could help treat the coronavirus. , today, President Donald Trump announced two medications have been identified as potential germans. One is an experiment of ebola drug and the other was treating malaria but used as an arthritis medicine since the 1950s. Today there are no proven safe and effective therapies for their coronavirus. That doesnt mean that we are not going to do everything we can, to make things that have even a hint of efficacy, more readily available. There is no magic drug out there right now. The president says if they are effective, they will be fast tracked for fda approval. Public transit his family to adjust during the coronavirus outbreak. The drastic changes in santa clara county, to keep passengers safe. People are turning to telemedicine right now, why some doctors say they swear by it. Even during normal times. All over the country, people are banding together to lift each others spirits. 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Italy is the new epicenter for the coronavirus, they have surpassed china with the highest number of deaths of the virus. The latest numbers show that more than 3400 people have died in italy. The countries more older population accounts for the rapid rise in deaths. New york has seen the biggest spike in cases, coinciding with a huge increase in testing capacity. A number of cases doubled overnight in new york city. The mayor is asking the federal government for 15,000 ventilators. 3 Million Masks and 50 million surgical masks. Governor cuomo urged workers to stay home, he announced three months of mortgage relief with no more late payment fees. The citys death toll has risen to 26. Bart has made changes and tonight as a result, of the coronavirus, there is a 90 drop in its ridership. Unwanted trains will run between five and nine. And beginning saturday, march 20 they will range from 8 am to 9 pm on the weekends. The vta in santa clara tasts to of the buses and light rail trains for the passengers who require Priority Seating or who need access to the ramp will pele, especiabout the coronavirus, some too scared to go to the Doctors Office but there is no alternative. We spoke to a physician who is practicing telemedicine the last decade. Hi rachel. Reporter you are watching an example of telemedicine which is basically using technology to communicate with patients. Dr. David abrams is a primary care physician who is utilizing it for over a decade. Because people are now concerned over the spread of coronavirus, one form of telemedicine , videoconferencing is becoming really popular with his patients. For my patients it is a huge help. Reporter unlike a phone call, videoconferencing helps them see, understand and communicate with his patients without being in the same room. He did a Video Conference with the woman who thought she had coronavirus. I could see the rate at which she was breathing but immediately i was reassured and able to reassure her that she doesnt have the cardinal symptoms of coronavirus. Reporter they can be anywhere for this virtual visit and it can be done on a computer tablet or phone. They say you can download various software but he uses zoom because the video connection is secure. During the televisit, dr. Abrams medical assistant helen would take this kit with her to wherever the patient is. It contains all the equipment needed for a full physical examination. To understand how this works, i did a Video Conference with dr. Abrams from another room in his office. Helen took my vitals and dr. Abrams was able to see and hear everything on his end. Okay i can hear it justne. Thectorsays helpful for seniors who should stay home to avoid in the virus. Hes glad to see that medicare is now expanding coverage for telemedicine nationwide. The visits are now a covered benefit under medicare which is a real plus. A trendy la eatery is serving up relief to restaurant workers. Chef Nancy Silverton has transformed the dining room of pizzeria most into a help Center Offering hot meals and Household Goods to industry workers who are now out of work. Im not paying any bills i call the rebellion said you got to wait. None of us know when we can open our restaurants again. None of us know if we can open our restaurants again. Makers mark bourbon donated 50,000 to get the relief effort going. They hope to keep it going. For at least two more weeks. New hashtag, a realtor, started a Facebook Group called quarantine sing along and already has nearly 10,000 members across the world. I know that guy that is a very own joe vasquez. The group will choose a new song to sing every evening 7 p. M. , just that we need them. If you can seeing, i could see her breath rate, she doesnt have the virus. Youre probably okay. Even if you can belt off a tune. Im glad people are getting a positive for this. The radar over the last few hours showing a few showers that we had this kind of dissipating, a lot of ground cover. The few showers we had, the green stuff that is moving that is just falling apart over the last hour, we should be largely drive for the rest of the night. Beautiful view of the city and the bay bridge, temperatures in the 40s in half the locations. Below 50 concord but 46 livermore and 44 santa rosa. Still above 50 degrees around the bay itself and overnight low temperatures will show the same pattern. Warmer around the bay and chillier further north, upper 30s round santa rosa, everyone else in the 40s which is close to normal for this time of year. Normal temperatures after a long stretch of below average highs. I dont know when we will be able to say that otherwat l e m to where i he asnech, a little cooler 60s ile warms parts into the upper half of the 60s. Low to mid 60s around the bay area and and slightly cooler the further north. But making progress and we are going to see the warmer weather building into the first part of the weekend of the first half looks dry. The outside chance of a sprinkle or two tomorrow, a little blip on the radar from future cast and thats about the extent of the rain we will see tomorrow. It is not anything to worry about. Dry weather and store on saturday clouds and sunshine overhead and sunday brings the next chance of rain but not to start the day, we have increasing clouds through sunday morning and then a chance of showers beginning to build and into the afternoon. That is hit or miss activity, the best chance of more widespread heavy rain is headed our way by late sunday evening. That system will kind of linger in place as we go through monday tuesday and wednesday with temperatures backing off looking pretty warm over the weekend. A pair of falcons perched high above the bay area are helping people pass the time during quarantine. We will show you. A couple of lovebirds have found what is perhaps one of the safest spots to quarantine. We are talking about the falcons perched high atop uc berkeley is 307 foot tree. The university has three live stream cameras set up on the very tippy top of the clock tower. It looks like they are snoozing right now. The falcon mom annie keeping her four eggs very warm. No sign ofher mate, who is likely out hunting for food. A giants player is done for the year, if the year ever starts and winking you sneaky little b we investigate, next. When you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. Hi, im joel osteen. Im excited about being with you every week. I hope youll tune in. Youll be inspired, youll be encouraged. Im looking forward to seeing you right here. You are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race thats been designed for you. Positive for covid19 but when or if the season starts, they will have one less pitcher to count on. Deo tommy tomorrow, the 26yearold had b this season. His elbow tightened up and he will be out at least one year. The nfl, 49ers release person, best remembered for this picture behind me, San Francisco says it is set inside tom compton. The rams are releasing star running back todd gurley, two seasons after he was the highest paid player in the nfl with 45 Million Dollars guaranteed. The production dipped after a new injury, gurley took the news in stride saying i got fired on my day can find two go in the bay area to play. This can change quickly. The coronavirus is forcing postponement of the pga championship. And virtually every sport out there. Indian valley in novato, the front nine of the course. And contact free. Everybody has to make a teatime in advance. The cups are raised so you dont have to grab the flag. You putt and you hit the cup, bounces off and you pick it up and you move on. I cant sit with my wife that long. Had to get away. Love you kathleen. If we feel it is unsafe one that we will shut it down immediately. The show pretty much overcome even before governor Gavin Newsoms order to stay at home. Hundred people were ordered off the course by police, in violation of their shelter in place guideline. Breaking news and Hollywood Squares land, indian valley, the store that we did, released a statement, they closed as well. See you cant play golf in the bay area right now. Social distancing. Stay safe and thanks for watching the news, we will see you tomorrow. Were introducing an all new prograde appliance that now you can have at your home. So, get ready to kick it up notch. cheering [announcer] we all loved fried foods, but we hate all the Health Problems that they can cause. What if you could make your favorite fried foods